Rail-cutting appliance



June 17, 1930. Q J-R 1,754,471

RAIL CUTTING APPLIANCE Filed Dec. 1, .1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 VEN OR //ZL%.

- ATTORNEY June 17, 1930. R. M. ROOKE, JR 1,764,471 RAIL CUTTING APPflI Nc'E Filed Dec. 1, 1928 :5 Sheets-Sheet 2 A. Ni 1 TOR W Way;

' ATTORNEY June 17, 1930. V R. ROOKYE, JR

RAIL CUTTING APPLIANCE Filed Dec. 1, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 TTORNEY i umrsosmr 'Ro Enr; MFIROOKEQLJR, or JERSEY CITY, CQMPANY, INCORPORATED; or NEW 'YORK, 1\ T "5p,-

-Patented June .17 i930 i RAIL-confine games Application filed December 1, I928 1 The invention relates to appliances for cutting rails or other irregular shapes by 1 means of a cuttingtorch. The objectis to provide a device of great simplicity with 5 which the jets can'be moved and directed by hand operation to follow the particular con- 1 I tour at varying rates of motion and cut the c section with nicety. I have foundjthat by n. j carrying the torch from a support-clamped 10 tothe rail, through two successively connected members movable in parallel planes, .or in the same plane, one of which members, at

operator can very. readily compound the I movements in varying manner so 'asto move the; jets in effective cutting relation to the flange, web and ball of the rail, and change Isothe direction and rate of motion and the angularity of the jets asrequired at the dif- Q ferent portions of thesection.

In the accompanying drawings, forming ,part' hereof Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the appliance j attached to a rail, the railbeingshown in secf tion and partly cut through, and portions of the torch being broken away, two positions 7 of the torch being indicated in" full and. broken lines, respectively; I Fig. 2 is a section taken on an irregular line in the general region of the lines 22 of Fig. I and Fig. 3 is a plan View, with a portion in sec tion, portions of the torch being broken I away V V e f The device includes a suitable clamp for v application to the shape. A clamp 2 having F pivoted, crossing, hooked jaws 3, adapted to of .the jaws for s-omedistance to one side of the position of the rail,'this arm carrying at and on one end of this journal there is se .cureda lever handle 8. The other end of the e journal has fixed to it an arm 9 which carries .theholder I least, is a rocking member,'and by manipu- "lating the-two members through separate -15 adjacent handles by use of two hands, the 1 fecit and rapid cuts, which cleanly sever the ,rai 1 I see" fable e s sgnare l'elawit giz d 1i2fiset elation t rth e ringz .A second pivot ,or journal, i e freely' umable nthe; e

am. ting mmzt ut in /torch lllheilialldl xe i a v i made and partly'up one side -Qfr thQ b311, LS9) 818x 39) cut throughithe entire bal ation. theangle of the jets isvaried asthma suit-of the motions imparted to thetorch, Thejets not being confinedto -ac predeterplacement,the operator is free to move them, so as to secure the best efl'ect. In this way,it is possible with very little skill tomake per- Means: are provided for setting-the'mov I able system nearer" to or farther from the i side of the shape, depending upon the'par- 5 ispreferablyprovidedwith a longitudinal i I; f 7

slot 16, in which is receiveda flat sided pm if 1 jection 17- formed on top of thefixed'bearing ticular size'and contour. To this end the arm.

6. A'screwthreaded studil8 rising from this projection and anut 19 on--this stud: serve. to clamp the arm between the bearing and a washer 20 under the nut. On loosening this nut, the fixedbearing' can be shifted toward or from the rail, after which tightening of the nut will 'fiX'the bearing'in the desired position.

While 'a preferred embodiment has been g I describedin detail,it will be understood that I various changes and modifications are withism? the 55.... esa.tQrdnhQlde r' ampr13.,1 11856 Parts] I x e 9 r-mneed-thetm it he shank ,iD uringtheoperi i7 5; is 'mined path, or regulated as to ratefof'dis- 7 in the scope of the invention as set forth 7 in the claims.

7 said handle and the handle of the torch can I claim:

1. An appliance for cutting of rails and other irregular shapesby means of jets of cutting 'gases, comprising a support adapted to be applied'to the'article to be'cut, only two freely jointed members which are operable to move-the jets,the-first of said members being movably mounted 'on the support,

and the 'second' member being pivoted to the first member and carrying the jet-delivering means, and two manually operable handles operatively connected, "respectively, with the. two members, inorder that the, operator by simultaneously manipulating the two handles. can cause the'jets to follow the contour of the shape.

'Q E An appliance for cutting of rails and other irregular shapes by means of'jets of cutting gases, comprising a support adapted to be applied to the article to be out, only two freely jointed members which are 'operable to move the jets, the first of said members being pivoted on saidsupport and the second member being pivoted t'o'the firston an axis which is offset from the axis on which the first member is pivoted, said second member comprising a torch-holder, and a handle connected to the'first member, in order that the operator by simultaneously manipulating turn the first memb'er relatively to the support and the second member relatively to the first and thereby cause the jets to follow the contour of the shape. 7 V

V- ROBERT M. ROOKE, JR. 

